eclipse: pluging for variable/function name replacement

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kayoux@hotmail.com - 16 Jun 2006 16:02 GMT

Hi,

Is there a plugin that would enable me to change all occurrences of a
variable/function name in a software project?

I mean I see that I can change a variable name in one file at time,
selecting each one.

I also saw that there's a org.eclipse.core.variables package that could
help to do so.. but I believe I have to write my own code.

I want a plugin that will take as arguments all the names I want ot
change or a certain type (say all globals or functions) and change them
all given a pattern.

Is there something already done for this?

Thank you,

Yvan

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Roland de Ruiter - 16 Jun 2006 17:31 GMT

> Hi,
>
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>
> Yvan

Maybe you're looking for something else, but in Java projects you can
use the rename refactoring to rename a variable/method/type throughout
your project.

Select the variable/method/type by clicking on it. Then right-click and
choose Refactor > Rename from the popup menu. Alternatively, use the
keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+R.

Refactor > Rename and Refactor > Move also works for files in the
package explorer.

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Regards,

Roland

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kayoux@hotmail.com - 04 Jul 2006 17:11 GMT

Ok thanx.

Can this be done automatically for all, say, global variables and
function names? I would like to have an automatic procedure that does
so. When you say Java projects, do you assume I'm coding in Java? I'm
using Eclipse, which was built in Java, but I don't code in Java at all
(I code in Embedded C).

I've solved the problem using linux commands, such as sed and awk. I
don't find the solution very attractive in the long-term though.

Thank you very much.

Yvan

> > Hi,
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> Refactor > Rename and Refactor > Move also works for files in the
> package explorer.

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Stephan Titard - 06 Jul 2006 13:38 GMT

kayoux@hotmail.com escribió:

> Ok thanx.
>
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>> Refactor > Rename and Refactor > Move also works for files in the
>> package explorer.

actually changing a name in a group of files is not an easy task
supposing you can actually parse the the program, and from that analisis
change the given name, you still have to parse the comments which are
essentially format-free: a tough task to say the least
probably worth to do given the odds of such occurence...

hth
--stephan

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